Legal Battle Ensues to Shield Rare Berry Cave Salamander in East Tennessee from Extinction

Environmental advocates are taking a stand to save a rare species unique to Tennessee, igniting a legal battle over federal wildlife protections. In a recent lawsuit, the Southern Environmental Law Center, representing the Center for Biological Diversity, has accused the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of failing the Berry Cave salamander, a species that spends its life lurking in the shadows of East Tennessee’s caves, as reported by WATE.

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